Swimmers set MU relay mark

Friday

The Missouri women’s 200-yard freestyle relay team set a school record yesterday in the second round of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas.

Lisa Nathanson, Cassie Cunningham, Stephanie Rovig and Kim Jasmer finished in 1 minute, 30.49 seconds to earn bronze in the event. Colleen Gordon placed fourth in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:45.50.

The Tigers are in third place with 167 points, leading Kansas, Iowa State and Nebraska. Texas A&M leads the meet with 357, and Texas is second with 285.

On the men’s side, Jordan Hawley placed fifth in the 50 free with a time of 20.01 seconds and Spencer Lauver was fifth in the 500 free in 4:27.64. Texas leads the team standings with 352 points, followed by Texas A&M with 291 and Missouri with 230.

Men’s basketball

CMU 90, Culver-Stockton 48: Nic Dykman played an almost flawless game, scoring 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting and dishing six assists as the Heart of America Athletic Conference champions closed the regular season with a victory in Fayette.

Matt Sherman scored 12, Brock Edris and Jake Prosser added 11 and Nick Stellwagen and Jake Clark finished with 10 each for the Eagles (23-7, 17-3). With four 3-pointers, Sherman broke his own school record for made 3-pointers in a season with 117.

Phil Peugh scored 23 for Culver-Stockton (7-22, 5-14).

Westminster 87, Webster 69: The top-seeded Blue Jays (19-7) advanced to the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament final with a victory in Fulton.

Westminster’s Ky Millard led all scorers with 25 points, followed by Stanley Crawford and Justin Gilmore with 14 each, Adam Mallete with 11 and Kurt Kovach with 10. Scott Restoff led Webster (13-13) with 19 points.

In tomorrow’s championship game, Westminster will play Eureka, a 98-78 winner over MacMurray. The winner earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.